Price tags



R. J. SLAVSKY Jan. 7, 1969 PRICE TAGSv Filed Dec. l5, 1966 FIG- l0 FIGBFIGS

INVENTOR ROBERT J SLAVSKY ATTORNEYS United Patent o 3,419,977 PRI'CETAGS Robert J. Slavsky, Lathrup Village, Mich., assigner to Shaw &Slavsky, Inc., Detroit, Mich. Filed Dec. 15, 1966, Ser. No. 602,086 U.S.Cl. 40--5 Int. Cl. G09f 3/20 1 Claim ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A pricetag, such as is used for indicating the prices of products displayed in.supermarket shelves and cabinets and particularly a price tag which ismountable in a variety of mounting manners, and which is equipped forexibility of mounting of digits and name strips to indicate the productsand their prices. Such price tag comprises a basic panel whose frontface has four corner pockets in its upper part for receiving a namestrip; twelve pockets, in three vertical, four horizontal rows forreceiving large and small digts; and a mounting clip on its rear face.

Brief summary las well as prices over one dollar ($1.00), and in effectgives any desired combination of location of mounting,

of use, of product identication, of colors, of prices, etc.

An embodiment of the invention is disclosed in the appended drawing.

Brief description of drawing In this drawing:

FIG. 1 is a front view of one form of basic price tag.

FIG. 2 is a right end vew of FIG. 1.

FIG. 2A is a transverse sectional view as if on line 2A-2A of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 illustrates a modification wherein the tag is provided with adouble pin triple riveted to it for mounting the tag.

FIG. 4 is a right end view of FIG. 3.

FIG. 5 is a front view of a product name strip having the name BEEF onthe front and back (shown dotted).

FIG. 6 shows an LB strip.

FIG. 7 shows representative large size digits.

FIG. 8 shows representative small size digits.

FIG. 9 illustrates one choice of mounting of the tag in a molding.

FIG. 10 illustrates a different choice of mounting of the same tag inthe same molding.

Detailed description FIG. l of the drawing shows a basic price tag whichis useful for removably and interchangeably mounting a variety ofproduct name strips, and alvariety of large digits, smaller digits andLB strips, such as the variety of strips and digits shown in FIGS. 5, 6,7 and 8. The tag comprises a plastic panel having in the upper part ofits front face four facing pockets 21 open at their facing edges forreceiving the corners of a product name strip such as the strip 22 ofFIG. 5.

The basic price tag 20 has in the lower part of its front Patented Jan.7, 1969 "Ice face three vertical rows 24 of pockets. Each row has fourpockets 2647-28-29. Thus, there are twelve pockets 24-26-27-28-29.

Pockets 26-27 open at lower edges. Pockets 28-29 open at upper edges.

For mounting the tag there may be provided a triple riveted doublemounting pin 40 as is shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 made in accordance with myprior Patent No. 2,142,085 of Jan. 3, 1939.

Another and preferred form of mounting means comprises a V-shapedflanged member 44 located on the upper part of the rear face of thepanel and riveted to it by rivets 45, which are concealed when a strip22 of FIG. 5 is disposed on the front face of the tag within the pockets21.

In addition to the basic price tag 20, the name strips 22, and themounting means 40 or 45, there is provided a supply of large digits 50such as is shown representatively in FIG. 7, a supply of small digits 51shown representatively in FIG. 8, and a supply of LB strips 52 as shownin FIG. 6.

All of the digits and strips of FIGS. 6, 7 and 8 are provided withpocket tabs 54 at their upper and lower ends for fitting into pockets24.

Strip 22, in its preferred form, hasvthe same product name on front andback, for example, printed in white on black on one side, and white onred on the other, for flexibility of choice of product identication.

Uses and advantages Now having described the basic price tag and itscomponents we here enter upon the description of the variety of uses andadvantages of the price tag and its components.

By proper selection of digits, the tag may be used to price items underone dollar. For example, by using large digits 50 of FIG. 7 with the LBstrip 52 of FIG. 6 in the three rows 24 of pockets in the tag 20, aprice of 48e per lb. may be posted. The same price may be indicated asby using small digits of FIG. 8 and the LB strip of FIG. 6.

However, if a price above one dollar is to be indicated, it can be doneby using one large digit 50 of FIG. 7 in the left hand row of pockets24, and two smaller digits 51 of FIG. 8 in the second and third rows 24of pockets, using pockets 26 and 28, or 27 and 29. Thus, a price of$1.48 may be posted.

When the tag is used with the strip 22 above the digit (FIG. 10),pockets 26 and 28 are used for the smaller digits; but when the tag isinverted with strip 22 below the digits (FIG. 9), pockets 29 and 27 areused for the smaller digits.

Mounting-The tag may be mounted with strip 22 above the digits, FIGS. 3and 4, by use of the mounting pin 40.

It also may be mounted in a molding 60 in either one of twoarrangements. For example, as shown in FIG. 10 it may be mounted withthe name strip 22 in pockets 21 at the upper part of the price tag andwith the upper part of the tag projecting above the molding 60 and thelower edge of the tag flush with the lower edge of the molding. If thisis not desirable for any reason, the price tag may be mounted in themanner shown in FIG. 9, in which case the digits will be above thestrips 22.

In either case since the digits may be mounted reversibly in the rows 24of the pockets 26, 27, 28 and 29, and the name strips may be mountedreversibly in the corner pockets 21, whether the tag be mounted as inFIG. 10

or as in FIG. 9, the digits may nevertheless be above the name strip orbelow the name strip, and the digits may nevertheless be right side upin all cases and the legends on the name strips 22 likewise be rightside up in all cases; this is true whether the price indicated be aboveor below one dollar.

The name strips of FIGS. 5 and 6 may be of a variety of printings and avariety of colors, thus providing a large variety of productidentications, but in each case, regardless of the strip chosen, andregardless of which side of a strip is being used, and regardless ofwhether the tag be mounted with its lower edge flush with the molding asin FIG. 10 or its upper edge flush with the molding as in FIG. 9, thelegends on the name strips will, in all cases, be right side up, despitethe great exibility of choice; and this also is true whether the pricebe above or below one dollar.

Now having described the price tag thereof, reference should be had tothe claim which follows:

I now claim:

1. A basic price tag which is useful for removably and interchangeablymounting a variety of product name strips anda variety of large digtsand smaller digits;

such tag being a thin resilient plastic panel having in the upper partof its front face four facing pockets for receiving the four corners ofa product name strip;

and having in the lower part of its front face twelve digit receivingpockets arranged in three vertical rows and four horizontal rows, thepockets of the upper two horizontal rows being open at lower edges;

and the pockets of the lower two horizontal rows open at -their upperedges;

said tag having on its rear face a mounting means in the form of a angedmember adjacent one longitudinal horizontal edge enabling the tag ofmounted in a C-shaped molding reversibly, with the .said product namestrip disposed above, or product name strip below, the digits.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,933,013 -10/1933 Hamilton 40-51,943,168 1/1934 Doppel 40-16 2,588,635 3/1952 Junkin 40-16 2,763,947 9/1956 Hopp et al 40-16 EUGENE R. CAPOZIO, Primary Examiner.

WENCESLAO I. CONTRERAS, Assistant Examiner.

